It must have been a slow news day on Friday. How slow? Bill Chastain told us what Eric Hinske thinks of the Rays chances this season. And this wasn’t just a throw-away quote at the end of an article about the former Ray. It was the title and it was the very first sentence.

Eric Hinske believes the Rays have what it takes to make another run in 2009.

Thank goodness. If Hinske thinks the Rays are pretty good, we can stop panicking, considering how everybody else has the Rays projected to finish last in the division. Wait. What is that? Everybody is predicting the Rays to compete for the division title again? Some even think the Rays are one of the best teams in baseball? Oh. Nevermind.